Supporting attachment for automobile-fenders



W. H-. RAPEPORT. SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE FENDERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.41 I920- Patented Feb. 1,1921.

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. Application filed August 4,1920. Serial no. 401,110.

To olt'whomit'my concern: Be it known that I, W LLIAM H. Barnron'r, acitizen of the United States,

State of Penns' new and useful upporting Attachment for Automobile-Fenders, of which the follow in J is a specification. V v

y invention consists of a device for clamping and portion of the chassis or frame of the'latter in a fir'm, steady, able manner, the same cor osed of a plurality oflegs, engageable with said portion of the chassis and arms which (1 are adapted to carry and position the fender as Wlll be hereinafter more fully setforth.

. llhe invention issatisfactorily.illustrated in the accompanying drawing rtant instrumen' lities thereof maybe to 'be understood that limited to the specific the invention is not long as they details shown and'described, as

are within the spirit or scope of'the claims.

'the members shown in Figure 1 represents a perspective .view of an attachment for an automobile fender embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a partial side elevation and partialvertical section on an enlarged scale.

3 represents a top orplan View of Fig. 2'.

Fig.) 1 represents a perspective view of the clamping member employed on an enlarged scale.

' portion of one of the supporting arms em- Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of a innlar numerals of reference indicate oor-responding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings. 1 designates a fender proper which is formedof a bar of resilient material such. as steel or other suitable metal and 2 designates arms whose forward end has said bar clamped thereto and whose rear portions are connected with the adjacent por- 4 her of tion 3 of the chassis or other proper memn automobile parts thus far considered being known 111 the art.

device or clamp which I so attaching a fender of an ailtomobile or other vehicle to an adjacent inexpensive and reli-- embodying a clamp and hooks whichcomprise aunitary member which is extend from said portion 'of the clamping 1 but the impreventing the arms or other vehicle, the

employ for connecting said. arms 2 with the d portion?) o'f."tl1e vehicle, which portion in res'i iing in the city and county of Philadelphia, lvania, have 1 invented a theipresenticase, I will hereafter designate asmembers of the chassis, said device con- =sistinglofthe pluralityof legs 5 which are are connected h the cross bar 8 as a brace, it being noticethat the legs, bends and cross 7 .bar are continuities of each "other hence 'a uniary construction, said cross bar being adap d to prevent spreading of said hooks and'legs. p

In the rear porti0ns9 of each arm 2is the segmental slot 10 and adjacent thereto the opening 11, see Figs. 2 and 3, the slot 10 being adapted to,reccive one of the legs being adapted to receive the'other leg thereof. Both legs pass under the chassis 3 and the hooks 7 pass over the side flanges 1-2 of the member 3 of the chassis and tightly embrace the same and so claim the hooks on said flanges and consequent y with,the member 3. T I

On the threaded endof the legs 5 are the nuts 13 which are adapted-to be tightened.

against the sides of the arms 2 andso retain the clamping devices it in position, the hooks and cross bars tightly clasping the fian es 12 and so connecting said arms with t e member 3 in a most forcible manner and fender from dropping and losing its adjustment.

Attention is directed to the fact thatthe legs 5 of each pair of the clamping devices that pass through the openings llform axes for the arms 2, so that said arms may be raised and lowered for the purpose of adjusting the height of the fender, the raisin and lowering of said arms being permitte owing to the segmental slot 10 in which relative portions of the other legs of the clamping device occupy. freely, the nuts 13 of course having been loosened. Then when the adjustment of the fender is accomplished the arms 2 are controlled and the fender retained firmly in its adjusted position.

It will be noticed also that the rear ends of the arms 2depend from the legs 5 and hooks ,7 of the clamping devices 4, said legs opposite" to the screw thread is bent,

device and the opening; 11

2 and consequently the Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

The terminals of each plurality of hooks 7 comprising bolts for the purpose intended upwardly, as

and passing under the members 3 of the chassis without piercing o'r perforating and mit the slot 10 and opening 11 to be made therein without materially weakening said screws or bolts 17.

rear ends, the portions of said arms ofiset at 14 arepermitted to lower to an extent to rest if so desired on the bosses or eyes 15 on the member. 3 of the chassis, thus sustaining the arms intermediate of their ends as additional supports therefor and steadying them in .position on the member of the chassis while also preventing any possible dropping of the arms from the member 3. The fender is connected with the arms 2 by means of the clamps 16 which embrace the adjacent portions of said fender and arms and are tightened in position by the set Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for attaching a fender to a vehicle, consisting of an arm adapted to carry the fender, and a clamping member consisting-ofa plurality of legs and a plurality of hooks, and means for connecting thesame as a unitary article, said clamping member being attached to said arm and engageable with a proper portion of a vehicle adjacent to the fender.

' 2. A device for attaching a fender to a vehicle, consistin of a plurality of legs, a plurality of .hoo s, and a brace member adapted to connect said hooks forming a unitary construction, said device being attaehable t0 the support of said tender and a proper portion ofthe vehicle.

3, A-device for attaching a fender to a vehicle, consisting of an arm adapted to support said fender, and a clamping device for height to per-' connecting said arm with a member of the Vehicle, said device consisting of a plurality of legs,-a plurality of hooks, each on one of said legs, a brace joining said hooks, and nuts on said legs adapted to be tightened against said member of the vehicle.

4:. A device for attaching a fender to a vehicle, consisting of an arm adapted to support said fender, and a clamping device for connecting said arm with a member of the vehicle, said device consisting of a plurality of legs, a plurality of hooks, each on one of said legs, a brace joining said hooks, and nuts on said legs adapted to be tightened against said member of the vehicle, said arm having therein an opening and a slot, said legs being adapted to occupy said slot and opening, adapting said arm to turn on the leg that occupies said opening as an axis for the arm -for vertically adjusting the fender and said slot being adapted to receive the other leg permitting the turning motion of the arm, both legs being provided with nuts for tightening the arm on said member of the vehicle, the plurality of hooks being adapted to embrace a portion of said arm.

5. A device for attaching a tender to :1 vehicle, consisting of a plurality ot legs. a plurality of hooks, and a brace connecting said books from side to side of the device. said legs, hooks and brace being a unitary construction, and nuts on said legs. said hooks being adapted to embrace a member of the vehicle and said legs to pass under an arm adapted to carry the fender and having openings adapted to receive said legs, said nuts being adapted to be tightened on the legs against said arm on a side of said member opposite to said hooks.

JOHN A. \Vrnonnsnnnr, N. Bussmonn. 

